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“The Listening Station,”Cut Paper Collage by Erik Farseth, 2015

Erik Farseth

VISUAL ARTS:Collage Artist, Printmaker, Zine Publisher

WRITING:Author, Journalist, Zine Writer

BIO:
Erik Farseth is a printmaker, zine publisher, and collage artist based in Minneapolis. A native of the Twin Cities, Farseth received his MA in Journalism from the University of Iowa. He holds a BA in Art, Culture, and Politics from St. Olaf College.

Farseth is a 2013 and 2016 recipient of an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and a 2000 recipient of an MCBA-Jerome Book Arts Fellowship from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

Erik Farseth is a former Chairman of the Stevens Square Center of the Arts, and co-founder of the annual Twin Cities Zine Fest (together with Gerald Prokop). He has curated group exhibitions at Big Table Studio, Gamut Gallery, SSCA Gallery, and other alternative art spaces.

EDUCATION:

MA – Masters Professional Program in Journalism, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA